Wall-covering support



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F. w. NEWTON .WALL COVERING SUPPORI 2 Sheets-Shoot 2 Filed May 29. 1929 INVENTOR ATTORN'EYS i Patented Sept, 9, 1930 p on. STRANSKY, or Los AneELEscALIronNxA "wALn-covrimne surroirr Application filed May 29,

My invention relates to and has for its purpose the provision of a simple and substantial device by which-wall coverings, such as wall papers or cloths in sheets and strips, 5 can, with the utmost ease and dispatch, be temporarily supported against displacement on a wall or ceiling in a manner to greatly facilitate the operation of permanently securing the covering to the wall, by conventional adhesives or fastening means, thereby overcoming the present difliculty in the manipulation of the covering by the workman in an eflort to hold the covering in proper position on a wall during the operation of permanentlyflsecuring the covering to the wall;

I will describe only one form of wallcov- .ering support embodying my'invention and will then point out the novel features thereof inclaims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view showing in perspective one form of wall covering support embodying my invention and illustrating the support pplied toawall covering to supportthe latter against the ceiling of a room.

Fig. 2 is aview of the Wall covering support in side elevation partly broken away Fig. 3 is a viewof the wall covering support in front elevation partly broken away.

Fig; 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line i -4 ofFigure 2, and 1 Figs: 5 and6 are-enlarged detail sectional views taken respectively on the lines 5-5. and 6-6of Figure 1. a i t Referring specifically to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate similar parts in each of the several views, my invention in itsjpresent embodiment comprises a .r-igid' supportingmembenslin the present instance constructed of wood to provide a pair of sections 10' and llextensibly associated by means ofa pair of metal sleeves 12 secured to thesection 10 in spaced relation by means of nails 13 or other suitable secur ing means. The section 11 is freely slidable in the sleeves 12 and is'capable of being secured to the section 10 in selectedextended positions by ineans of a thumb screw 14L passing freelythrough an opening in one of the 50 sleeves 12 and adapted tobe threaded into 1929. Serial No. 367,103; ,1

any one of a series of openings 15 formed in the section 11 atzintervals a'long its length. To thesection 10is secured by nails 16 or other fastening means a pair of U-shaped brackets 17 formedof sheet metal, to dispose the brackets along opposite side edgesof the section 10 at its upper extremity for co-action withthe section in providing outwardly flaring sockets 18 (Figure into which one ofthe ends of flexible elements or arms 19 in the form of round rods of resilient metal, are insertable .to support the arms from the supporting member. The arms in turn are adapted to support .atwall covering engaging element E, in the form of a round bar 20 of wood, andito this endthebar isprovided with a pair ofdiagonally extending openings 21 (see Figure 3) intowhich the angularly disposed extremities 22 of the other ends of the arms are insertable upon flexing the arms outwardly from each other tothe position shown in Figure 8 so that under the natural tendency of the arms to move towards each other, disengagementof the extremities 22 from the openings 21 will be positively prevented and the wall coveringengaging element thus supportedby the arms transverse- 1y of and beyond one extremity of the sup- 1 porting member S. i i

On the ends of the bar 20, sleeves 23 are adapted to be slidably mounted so as to render the bar extensible to increase its length in the event that wall coverings of greater width than the lengthofthe bar aretobe supported. i It will be noted that the opposite side edges of the section lOat which the sockets 18 are mum. STATES PATENT om cs. 7 7

, FRANK w. NEWTON, or Los ANGELES, cntrnonnm, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T0 JOHN formed by the brackets 17, are grooved longitudinally as indicated at 2 1 in Figures 4, 5

and 6 for co-action with metal strips 25 secured to the section by nails 26 or other securing means, in forming pockets 27 communieating with the sockets Band in which the arms 19 arefreelyinsertable when detached from the wall coverin engaging element E so thatthe armscan' be stored in the bars when the support is not in use,with the e angularly disposed extremitiesf22off the arms seating in recesses 28 formed end of the section 10.

in theiupper f i i 10D so that the arms will be maintained in fixed positions in the sockets to yieldingly support the wall covering engaging element E from the supporting members.

The operation of the Wall covering support is as follows:

Let it be assumed that the wall covering engaging element E is supported by arms 19 from the supporting member S as shown in Figure 3 and that it is desired to temporarily support a sheet or strip of wall covering W against the ceiling or a room. The wall covering is first draped transversely and intermediate its ends over the bar 20, and in the event that the latter is not of suflicient length to span the width of the wall covering, the sleeves 23 are applied to the bar as in Figure 3 so as to increase the length of the bar sufficiently to overlap the side edges of the wall. covering.

With the supporting member S abutting the floor of the room so as to rest upon the latter in a substantially upright position, the wall covering draped over the bar is raised against the ceiling of the room by elevating the section 10, and the elevating movement continued sufficiently to cause the arms 19 to be flexed laterally as shown in Figure 1 and in broken lines in Figure 2 so that the arms will yieldingly urge the wall covering against the ceiling and thus clamp the wall covering between the element E and the ceiling. The thumb screw 14 is now applied to the supporting member as shown in Figure 2 .I so as to revent lowerin of thesection 10 under the tendency of the arms to return to the normal position shown in full lines in Figure 2.

With the wall covering supported against the ceiling in this manner, the workman can now secure the covering permanently to the ceiling by the use of suitable fastening means or adhesives either previously applied to the covering and/or the ceiling. It will be clear that the supportingmember S can be shifted about during clamping of the wall covering by the element E against the ceiling so that the location at which the element supports the wall covering can be varied; and furthermore as the arms 19 yieldingly maintain the element E in engagementwith'the wall covering, the latter can be shifted relative to the element to permit accurate positioning of the wall covering on the celling whlle supported agalnst the ceillng.

It will be clear that the device can as well be employed in supporting a wall covering which is to be applied to a side wall as in this use it is only necessary that the element E be positioned to support the wall covering at the juncture of the ceiling and side wall of the. room so that the wall covering, will be suspended from the element .and will hang down and against the side wall.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of wall covering support embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A wall covering support comprising a supporting member having sockets, a wall covering engaging element, and flexible arms insertable into said sockets and engageable with said element to support the latter from said member.

2. A wall covering support comprising a supporting member having sockets, a wall covering engaging element having openings at spaced points, and flexible arms insertable into said sockets and openings to support said element from said member.

8. A wall covering support comprising a supporting member,.a wall covering engaging element, and arms detachably associated with said element for supporting the latter from said member, the member havin pockets adapted to receive the arms to store the latter in the member.

4:. A wall covering support comprising a pair of extensibly associated supporting sections, one of which is provided withsockets, a wall covering engaging element, and flexible arms insertable into said sockets and engageable with said element to support the latter from said section.

5. 11 wall covering support comprising a supporting member, a wall covering engaging element, flexible arms, and means for detachably associating said arms withsaid'element and member to yieldingly support the former from the latter.

6. A wall covering support: comprising a supporting member having sockets, a wall covering engaging element, and arms projecting' from said element and insertable into the sockets to support said element/from said member.

7. A wall covering support comprising a supporting. member having sockets, a wall covering engaging element, and arms projecting from said element and insertable into the sockets to support said element from said member, the arms having prongs adapted to engage the said member to prevent displacement of the arms from the sockets.

FRANK W. NEWTON. 

